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I skipped about four pages from the middle of this review because it was just way too technical. I know he's an engineer and wants to cover these things, but I'm not interested in seeing so much coverage for something that very few people will get.

It's not so much a review as it is an overview.

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This is Hacker News, where it is generally understood that most people will have a fairly technical background (it's not called "Hacker News" for nothing). And the review is on Ars Technica, which also targets a technical audience. John Siracusa's reviews of new versions of Mac OS X are famous, as they provide all of the technical details that most other reviewers don't. I understand that's not what you are looking for, but that's what the target audience of Hacker News and Ars Technica wants, and I certainly appreciate it.

That's fine. My main point being the entire "Internals" section of the review could have been skipped and no one would have thought any less of it.

This is an opinion not shared with many readers of Ars or HN is my guess.

Is this your first time reading one of John's reviews ? The last few that I remember even had a programming section of some kind :-) And he does mention before beginning the Internals section that people can skip it and the geeks wouldn't mind.

Stuff like the internals section is why I read his reviews.

That's alright, the review even advises you to skip a few pages if you are not interested in technical details.

The technical details are definitly part of Siracusa's reviews and have been for well over a decade. It would be wrong to leave them out. Many readers expect them.

You must be new to Siracusa. Geek Porn at it's finest really. :)

"If this is your first time reading an Ars Technica review of Mac OS X and you've made it this far, be warned: this section will be even more esoteric than the ones you've already read. If you just want to see more screenshots of new or changed applications, feel free to skip ahead to the next section. We nerds won't think any less of you." - (Second Paragraph, Page 9)

You might consider getting a review from a more mainstream source then; ars and js are where they dig into the nuts and bolts.

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